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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Primary prevention strategies include avoidance of injury and genetic screening.

Lipoma primary prevention

For the exact cause of lipomas is not very clear, there is no effective method to prevent it. According to possible risk factors of lipoma, the following measures may be helpful.

  • Avoidance of injury
  • Screening of HMG I-C gene for people with family history of mesenchymal tumors and familial multiple lipomatosis.

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